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人因

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Basic Meaning: causes of human rebirth

Senses:

  • The causative influences for being reborn as a human being, i.e. a good life. Those in positions of honor have obtained them by former deeds of benevolence, reverence to buddhas and monks, patience, humility, devotion to the sutras, charity, morality, zeal and exhortation, obedience loyalty - hence they have obtained affluence, long life, and are held in high regard. Those in mean condition are thus born because of the opposite characteristics in previous incarnation. [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 841

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1068d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 255

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1364-1

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08